Raglan-Manu Bay surf break

Raglan-Manu Bay surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Raglan-Manu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan-Manu Bay sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raglan-Manu Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan-Manu Bay at 1AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

Table - waves today at Raglan-Manu Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
W
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)9141414131313131414141413111111101817161691010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23529728926525725325325726527326526919836442248541951071928514066159917391930
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
0
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
15
ESE
20
NE
15
WNW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
2.43
8:29AM
2.63
8:55PM
2.56
9:20AM
2.76
9:44PM
2.69
10:04AM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.76
2:12AM
0.70
2:46PM
0.58
3:09AM
0.52
3:35PM
0.40
3:55AM
0.34
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:30-------7:31-------7:31-
Sunset-7:21-------7:19-------7:17------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------422----------
Temp. °C191817171616172020191816171918191919181716161616
Feels °C (?)191919191616172020201815151918191919171210101010
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